Tag: thomas jefferson
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It Was Robert R. Livingston Who Masterminded Louisiana Purchase
Its time again for another post from our friend from the past, Rex McVitty. This one comes from July 7, 1964. Please remember that this article was written more than 60 years ago and should be viewed in the context of the world it was written in. The southern tier of states is very much…
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McVitty Takes His Irish Friend To See Historic Williamsburg
As site staff have been swamped with program work of late, we turn once again to our guest correspondent Rex McVitty to update our blog This article originally appeared in the Sarasota Journal on Thursday, August 22, 1963 Last week, we went traveling south again. This time we headed south to the Eastern Shore of…
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Cato Strikes Back
The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America or as it is more commonly known, The Jay Treaty, named after its American negotiator, was a sharply dividing document in American history and lead to the strengthening of a two-party system in the states. The treaty became…
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